Javier Gomez and Nicola Spirig win Cozumel World Cup
On a blazing hot day in one of Mexico’s premier resorts, Olympic silver medalist Javier Gomez and Olympic gold medalist Nicola Spirig won the sprint distance Cozumel World Cup Sunday.
Gomez, coming off a world title in the ITU’s premier World Triathlon Series, started his season with a World Cup win in Mooloolaba and ended it with his 14th World Cup victory earned with a successful finish line sprint. Gomez prevailed with a race-fastest 15:34 5k run to finish in 53:26 as he ran away in the final chute to a 2 seconds margin of victory over runner-up Aurélien Lescure of France and 5 seconds ahead of 3rd-place finisher Dmitry Polyanskiy of Russia.
“It was extremely hot out there,” said Gomez, who was fighting an illness the week before the race. “I was dead on the run. The last 1 kilometer I tried to hang on and give my all the last 100 meters.”
After a crowded swim and a 9-man lead pack on the bike, Gomez shot out of T2 like a rocket, followed closely by Polyanskiy and Jarrod Shoemaker of the U.S. Behind them, Lescure picked off a slew of runners and took down Shoemaker and the Russian near the end of the run and the Frenchman came upon Gomez’s heels as they came to the blue finish carpet. That’s when Gomez hit the accelerator and sped to the victory. Lescure finished with the second best run, precisely 2 seconds slower than Gomez and 3 seconds better than Polyanskiy. Shoemaker took 4th, 1 second behind Polyanskiy and 6 seconds ahead of 5th place finisher Florin Salvisberg of Switzerland.
Olympic gold medalist Nicola Spirig made her return to international competition after the birth of her first child earlier this year. Spirig edged 4th-place Olympian Sarah Groff of the United States by 5 seconds for the victory.
“It was very hard, but the crowd was amazing, not just for the Mexicans but for me and the other athletes,” said Spirig, who seemed unaffected by the scorching, humid heat. “I trained here a before, so I think I was a little bit used to it.”
Groff, Katie Hursey of the USA and Pamela Oliveira of Brazil led the swim, with Spirig 29 seconds back. Spirig led a chase group of four and caught the leaders on the second lap of four on the bike.
“I’m very thankful to Spirig, who pushed very hard on the bike so we could reach the first group,” said Lisa Perterer of Austria.
A pack of 16 entered T2 together and Spirig, Groff, Perterer and Claudia Rivas of Mexico ran to the front. Spirig broke away halfway through the 5k run.
“The run, oh my, that hurt,” said Groff. “After a big one in London, it’s hard to keep up that momentum. If I could finish second to some great little speedsters, I’m happy.”
Cozumel World Cup Cozumel, Mexico
October 6, 2013 S 750m / B 20k / R 5k
Results
Men
1. Javier Gomez (ESP) 53:26
2. Aurélien Lescure (FRA) 53:28
3. Dmitry Polyanskiy (RUS) 53:31
4. Jarrod Shoemaker (USA) 53:32
5. Florin Salvisberg (SUI) 53:38
7. Kaleb Vanort (USA) 53:46
15. Jason Pedersen (USA) 54:06
39. Alex Libin (USA) 55:50
43. Ben Kanute (USA) 56:09
Women
1. Nicola Spirig (SUI) 57:53
2. Sarah Groff (USA) 57:58
3. Lisa Perterer (AUT) 58:11
4. Claudia Rivas (MEX) 58:15
5. Joanna Brown (CAN) 58:43]
8. Katie Hursey (USA) 59:08
11. Lindsey Jerdonek (USA) 59:50
23. Erin Dolan (USA) 1:03:08
30. Kaitlin Donner (USA) 1:04:41
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Mario Mola and Jodie Stimpson win the Garmin Barcelona Olympic distance Triathlon
Mario Mola of Spain and Jodie Stimpson of Great Britain won the Garmin Barcelona Olympic distance Triathlon Sunday.
Mola, fellow Spaniard Cesc Godoy and Italian Alessandro Fabian led the men out of the water in a time of 17:05 with a gap of about 25 seconds on the chasers. The lead group worked hard together on the bike and increased their lead to about 30 seconds by T2. Mola drew away from the start on his way to a race-fastest 30:18 split which brought him to the finish in 1:46:59 with a margin of victory of 50 seconds on runner-up Fabian and 1:07 in 3rd place Godoy.
“I am delighted to win this race two years after being second,” Mola told Garmin race media. “I felt comfortable in the swim leg even though it is not the strongest of my disciplines and on the run I pushed hard at the beginning to outrun my opponents. When I did that I tried hard to keep my lead.”
In the women’s race, Caroline Routier of Spain led the swim and established a 1:03 lead on Stimpson, who recently finished 2nd in the ITU’s premier World Triathlon Series. Routier charged solo on the bike to a lead of nearly 3 minutes. But when the run started, Stimpson, who won this race in 2009 and 2010, charged hard and passed Routier at the 9 kilometer mark. Stimpson cruised to the finish in 1:54:29 with a 23 seconds margin of victory over Routier and 2:47 over 3rd place finisher Ainhoa Murua of Spain.
Garmin BCN Triathlon
Barcelona, Spain
October 6, 2013
S 1.5k / B 40k / R 10k
Results
Elite Men
1. Mario Mola (ESP) 1:46:59
2. Alessandro Fabian (ITA) 1:47:49
3. Cesc Godoy (ESP) 1:48:06
4. Matt Sharp (GBR) 1:49:51
5. Jordi Garcia (ESP) 1:51:02
Elite Women
1. Jodie Stimpson (GBR) 1:54:29
2. Carolina Routier (ESP) 1:54:52
3. Ainhoa Murua (ESP) 1:57:16
4. Michelle Flipo (MEX) 1:57:39
5. Gillian Sanders (RSA) 2:01:55
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